Interpreting Fairy Tales: Symbols, Language & Archetypal Patterns
12.5 Continuing Education Credits
On Demand: 5 sessions, 2.5 hours each
Take a journey into classic fairy tales through a Jungian perspective.
Join us this winter for a unique Jungian series that will immerse you in the power of fairy tales and storytelling. Fairy tales reveal everyday truths with an emphasis on symbolic language and archetypal patterns.
Fairy tales demonstrate the timeless, universal patterns of human nature through fantastical metaphors. At times dark or gruesome, people of all ages have enjoyed fairy tales for generations. Fairy tales present many universal problems of life, but also provide a sense of hope, showing possibilities for survival or overcoming challenges.
Can’t make it live? No problem all webinars will be recorded.
Who is this for?
- Psychologists, psychotherapists, and mental health professionals
- For those with an interest in Jungian analysis
- For those with an interest in fairy tales
- For those with an interest in mythology
Learning Objectives
- Describe the meaning and depth of symbolic language in fairy tales and the significance within Jungian depth psychology.
- Identify universal, cross-cultural problems and themes within fairy tales and how to apply this knowledge to the therapeutic hour.
- Discuss the concept of archetypal patterns and energies and identify these concepts at work within the stories and other media.
- Discuss Jung’s concept of the collective unconscious and levels of the psyche, and why Jungians value and study fairy tales as a pathway to working with dreams.
- Apply the careful translation of symbolic language to everyday life and within the psychotherapy room.
What will we cover?
In the first introductory seminar we will review Jung’s concepts of the collective unconscious and levels of the psyche. We will discuss why Jungians value and study fairy tales as a pathway to working with dreams.
Inspired and informed by the work of Marie Louise von Franz, Jung’s early assistant and life-long collaborator, we will work with one story per session to practice the careful translation of symbolic language in order to understand how it can be applied to everyday life.
The four additional sessions will focus on survival, finding strength, and good fortune in unexpected places. Volunteers will read the story aloud, followed by discussions attending to the symbols, patterns, and developments of the narrative.
After registration, the forthcoming meeting’s tale will be sent electronically to participants 2-4 days in advance. Participants will have the opportunity to read aloud at the beginning of each session. There will be time for discussion throughout our sessions. At the time of registration, participants may indicate their willingness to be a reader.
Leading Scholar
Mara-Lea Rosenbarger, M.A.
Mara-Lea Rosenbarger, M.A., is a Jungian Analyst with a Diploma from the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich. She has a private practice in Bloomington, Indiana, and also conducts workshops and ongoing study groups on Jungian psychology and its application to our inner and outer lives.
She has spent her adult professional life weaving her way back and forth between the world of education and Jungian Psychology.
Mara -Lea conducts on-going groups studying the works primarily of C.G. Jung and Marie Louise von Franz, and fairy tales. She maintains a private practice working with dreams and sand tray. In addition, she works with the local school system part-time as an Intervention Specialist and has worked as a Literacy and Instructional Coach, as well as having been an elementary teacher for some years, including teaching at The Oak Grove School, of the Krishnamurti Foundation in Ojai, California in the early 80’s, where the goals of “awakening intelligence, awareness, and responsibility” are not unlike the ideas of Jung.
Cost
Pay in full $229, SAVE $20, (Regular price $249)
Payment plan for all five webinars, four monthly payments of $67.
***Mind Body Passport is committed to offering low-cost webinars during this time of crisis, to educate mental health professionals to better serve their communities. As a small business, I know finances are difficult and the events of the past few weeks are a tragic and deeply emotional time for us all. If you are in need and can not afford our seminars, please email us for financial assistance.
This post-licensure course will be at an appropriate instructional level for participants with a wide range of experience from beginner to advanced.
Continuing Education Credits: Once the online course is completed, we will send your post-course exam and evaluation form. Simply e-mail them back to us and get a minimum of 80% correct on your exam and we will send you your certificate and verification of attendance.
Mind Body Passport is approved by the California Psychological Association to provide continuing professional education for psychologists. Mind Body Passport maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Mind Body Passport Inc. is also recognized as a CAMFT-approved Continuing Education Provider. Certificate awarded upon successful completion.
Questions?
Contact Dr. Leslee Brown for a free one-to-one consultation or e-mail us at info@mindbodypassport.com